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挖

wā

HSK 6 Character

What 挖 means

1. to dig
2. to excavate
3. to scoop out

Example sentences

• 他挖了一个洞。
  Tā wā le yī gè dòng.
  He dug a hole.
• 汤姆真会挖苦人。
  Tāngmǔ zhēn huì wākǔ rén.
  Tom is quite sarcastic.
• 他们正在挖一个洞。
  Tāmen zhèngzài wā yī gè dòng.
  They are digging a hole.
• 你可以在地上挖土。
  You can dig dirt from the ground.
• 他被竞争公司挖去了。
  Tā bèi jìngzhēng gōngsī wā qù le.
  He was hired away by a rival company.
• 你总是挖苦我的着装。
  Nǐ zǒngshì wākǔ wǒ de zhuózhuāng.
  You are always digging at me about my clothes.

Words starting with 挖

• 挖掘wā juéto excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
• 挖苦wā kǔto speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks; also pr. wā ku
• 挖空心思wā kōng xīn sito dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer; to rack one's brains
• 挖掉wā diàoto dig out; to eradicate
• 挖机wā jīexcavator; excavating machine
• 挖洞wā dòngto dig a hole
• 挖矿wā kuàngto mine ore or minerals; (computing) to mine cryptocurrency
• 挖空wā kōngto excavate; to hollow
• 挖角wā juéto poach (talent, personnel from competitors); to raid (a competitor for its talent)…
• 挖开wā kāito dig into; to cut a mine into
• 挖土机wā tǔ jīexcavator; backhoe
• 挖泥船wā ní chuándredger
• 挖墙脚wā qiáng jiǎoto undermine; to let someone down; to seduce someone away from something
• 挖掘机wā jué jīexcavator
• 挖掘机械wā jué jī xièexcavator; bulldozer
• 挖鼻子wā bí zito pick one's nose
• 挖穴wā xuéto excavate; to dig out a cave
• 挖坑wā kēngto dig a hole; (fig.) to make things difficult for sb…
• 挖坟wā fénto dig a grave; (lit.) to dig up a grave; (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread…
• 挖肉补疮wā ròu bǔ chuāngto cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse…
• 挖耳勺wā ěr sháoear pick
• 挖浚wā jùnto dredge

Words containing 挖

• 开挖kāi wāto dig out; to excavate; to scoop out; to start digging
• 深挖shēn wāto dredge
• 耳挖ěr wāearpick; curette
• 耳挖子ěr wā ziearpick; curette
• 疏挖shū wāto dredge; to dig out (a channel)
• 数据挖掘shù jù wā juédata mining
• 耳挖勺ěr wā sháo(dialect) earpick; curette
• 吃水不忘挖井人chī shuǐ bù wàng wā jǐng rénsee 吃水不忘掘井人

Characters that look like 挖

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 挽wǎnto pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up
• 拣jiǎnto choose; to pick; to sort out
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up
• 桤qīalder
• 桢zhēn(old) privet (genus Ligustrum); (bound form; old) wooden support placed at the ends of a…

Sounds the same

Read wā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哇Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting
• 蛙frog
• 洼depression; low-lying area; low-lying; sunken
• 搲to clutch; to grab; to capture
• 穵to dig; to scoop out
• 窊lowland swamp
• 娲surname Wa; sister of legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲
• 凹variant of 洼; (used in names)
• 漥variant of 洼